AKA De Mensen

19/04

Hi Patrick

New director

Dutch director and animator Patrick Louwerse has stepped into our world and we have entered his. With a unique mix of handcrafted animations, miniature set design, VFX and live action film, he creates unique worlds in which shoes fly, laces pop and color and sound sway together in the setting sun. His high concept ideas were chosen by Converse, Carhartt and Nike. And be sure to check out his latest series for Camper, made in full lockdown. Don’t be shy, call us. Check him out

14/04

Play Sports - Play-offs 2022

by Jef Boes

Jef Boes directed this tribute by the SK Lierse fans to this seasons' underdog USG. Will history repeat itself 25 years later? Follow it on Play Sports. Watch

18/03

Ikraaan - Dans

by Mous Lamrabat

Ikraaan's newest music video is out! A one-taker directed by Mous Lamrabat. Watch

08/03

State of Art

driven by craft, Tom & Greenwood

New work for State Of Art together with Fitzroy Amsterdam, featuring Tom Waes and directed by Greenwood - the newest addition to our roster! Watch

04/01

Vuilste Jobs Vips

A dirty job for VTMGO

AKA developed a weekly "shorty" for VTMgo where flemish celebs fully commit themselves to a job that they would otherwise probably never do in their lives. A first pleasant collab with editor-in-chief & director Mathieu Berghs. Watch

16/12

Telenet - Ready for tomorrow

by Sidney Van Wichelen

A story about technology and how it brings people together. How it helps us to dare more, dream bigger, support others, and be ourselves. A powerful end of year message by Telenet, created together with TBWA and Sidney Van Wichelen. Watch

12/12

#WhatTheSmoke

by Jasper Declercq

A Tiktok mini series with flemish influencers tackling the negative consequences of smoking. Created in collaboration with DDB for Kom Op Tegen Kanker. Watch

09/11

Hippo & Friends

collab with Volstok

This bird helps all little hippos deal with diabetes type 1. Want to know more? www.hippoandfriends.be. So proud of this video we created for Hippo&friends, together with Volstok and Mauro Pawlowski. Watch

29/10

Intergalactic lovers

Shortfilm by Charlotte De Cort

Charlotte De Cort made an enchanting video trilogy together with Lara Chedraoui, frontwoman of Intergalactic Lovers. Each chapter in the Liquid Love triptych corresponds to a song on the new album. The shortfilm is selected for the Ostend film festival in march 2022. Watch

08/10

Belfius - For Your Love

by Craig Moore

Watch

19/09

BeSafe

by Younes Haidar

A docu series about mutual respect. By Younes Haidar in collaboration with Bridgeneers. Watch

30/06

Hola, Javier Barcala

New director

Proud to announce the arrival of director Javier Barcala at AKA. A creative jack of all trades living in Brussels & Madrid, with a big love for fashion and a strong artistic vision. Watch

07/06

MNM Marathonradio

by Eloi Nsanzabandi

An empowerment for all the students working their asses off in june: you are not alone! A pleasant first colab with director Eloi Nsanzabandi. For MNM and Wunderman Thompson. Watch

03/06

Creative Belgium Awards

Silver & Bronze for AKA De Mensen

5 shortlists, Bronze for Cultural Pro Leage and Silver for the Play Sports campaign with TBWA. PARTY TIME! A cute addition to the award shelve @ De Mensen :) Watch the CPL casemovie

25/05

Child Focus

by Nathalie Basteyns

What to do when your child goes missing? Something every parent should know. Watch

11/04

BOIC / Team Belgium

by Ralf Demesmaeker

It's a fashion film. It's a videoclip. It's pounding techno music. Belgium's finest. Running into surrealism. A first. A beauty. AKA x Team Belgium. Watch

25/03

Hi Toby Dye!

new director

English filmmaker Toby Dye has directed iconic, genre-defying work for some of the world’s biggest brands, bands, channels and platforms. He began his career in documentary, and whilst this continues to influence his approach, today Toby works across multiple genres. Inventive and bold, he’s become known for pushing boundaries in film and storytelling, developing a fresh visual style coupled with a tonality to his work that deeply engages audiences thanks to its unsentimental honesty. Toby has picked up numerous awards, and has helmed campaigns for major brands such as Heineken, Ford, Netflix, Volkswagen, McDonalds and American Express. Check him out

17/03

Play Sports - play-offs

by Tom Willems

Tom Willems directed the new campaign for Play Sports. Five commercials about 5 contenders for the play-offs. As Genkie at heart, we had a slightly biased director on set. To balance that out we've embedded the Antwerp commercial, featuring Guido Belcanto. ;) Watch Guido

12/03

Welcome Craig

new director

Meet Craig Moore, the newest addition to our roster. Craig is a South-African who recently moved to Antwerp. A director born for cinematic sports storytelling and strong visual lifestyle themes. Don’t be shy, call us. Check him out

20/02

Ode to the volunteers

by Jaan Stevens & Michiel Venmans

This one’s for all the volunteers. New work for Sport Vlaanderen. Watch

14/02

Love Campaigns

by Tobias Deruwe

We welcomed some of Belgium’s finest creatives (and Jasper ;-) ) in our studio to talk about their love campaign of 2020. New work for Creative Belgium. Watch

05/02

AG ASO

by Jasper Declercq

Watch

14/12

Play Sports/Simon

by Sidney Van Wichelen

The first two Play Sports films scored so well that TBWA decided to continue the saga with 'potentially the best keeper in the world' Simon Mignolet. Directed by 'potentially the best director in the world' Sidney Van Wichelen. Watch

25/11

Best videoclip 2020

Eefje de Visser – Bitterzoet (Tobi Jonson)

Tobi Jonson & Eefje De Visser won the award for Best Video at the Red Bull Elektropedia Awards 2020. Produced in the first months after AKA De Mensen was born in the summer of 2019. Congrats to the whole team! Check out all winners

13/11

Keep moving

by Jasper Declercq

Same lockdown, same encouragement, different execution. Keep moving people! Watch

03/11

UNTZ

by Hyun Lories & Laura Van Haecke

The trilogy is complete! Hyun and Laura turned this third StuBru film into a raving beauty. Press 'Watch' to 'Untz'. Watch

28/10

Belfius Cure

by Ben Lacour

Ben Lacour directed this heartbreaking story for Belfius. The perfect mix between emotion and rationality. Because no matter how strong your facts are, sometimes hope is all you need. Watch

12/10

Moments of genius for Play Sports

by Sidney Van Wichelen

An insane goal scored by Rik Coppens... it's a shame almost no one ever saw it. New work for Play Sports & TBWA ⚽️ Watch

01/10

AG fire prevention

by Vincent Schroeven & Louk Voncken

Very hot social videos for AG to warn you for fire hazard. Watch

24/09

AG safe cycling

by Vincent Schroeven & Louk Voncken

AG lends cyclists a helping hand. Watch

24/09

WO=MEN

by power woman Nathalie Basteyns

An intimate & meaningful film for Belfius. Directed by Nathalie Basteyns with the help of a gender-balanced crew. Watch

21/09

Amnesty International

by Charlotte De Cort

Actor Josse De Pauw and author Saskia De Coster demand respect for human rights. Shot by Charlotte De Cort for Prophets. Watch

07/08

The cultural pro league

by Onder Stroom, Jasper & co

All cultural events got cancelled. Football was allowed. So they turned all theaters and venues into football clubs. What games are you looking forward to? Read more

20/07

Keep moving

by humans

Sport Vlaanderen continues to encourage everyone to exercise. An exciting high-speed drone production. Watch

15/07

Belfius car

by Ben Lacour

Belfius encourages to embrace the positive new habbits we've learned during lockdown. Beautifully told by Ben Lacour. Watch

11/07

Claiming back the flemish flag

by @jasperandnoortje

An other art project by our inhouse creative Jasper and his partner in crime Noortje. Claiming back the flemish flag as a symbol of àll inhabitants of Flanders. Something we can only encourage. Read more

01/07

Camping Belgica

de la petite crevette Hyun Lories

Time for sensual summer beats on radiostation StuBru with Camping Belgica. Staycation never sounded so hot. Featuring Morgan Van der Zeven, beat maker of Le 77 and renowned camping grounds sex symbol. Watch

25/05

BRUUT

for StuBru by Laura Van Haecke & Hyun Lories

A second new 24/7 music stream was launched by Belgian radio station StuBru today >> BRUUT: heavy guitars all day every day. Laura & Hyun crafted a completely different, but equally amazing, love letter to the rock genre. Watch

25/05

HOORAY

for StuBru by the talented Hyun & Laura

A love letter to hip hop to launch the new 24/7 hip hop music stream Hooray by Belgian radio station StuBru. Starring Blu Samu. By the hand of Mutant, Laura Van Haecke & Hyun Lories. Watch

12/05

Fosbury & Sons

homework by Frank Devos

Homeworking is great. Just not every day. And so is videocall directing. Frank Devos took on the challenge and directed this film without leaving his house. Watch

04/05

Ne grand merci

by Sidney 'mauve et blanc' Vanwichelen

The end of an era for football club RSCA and sponsor BNP Paribas Fortis. Watch

20/04

AKA De Mensen is born

8 months ago we started 'Humans'. So it was about time for a name change. Humans is now AKA De Mensen. New name, new style, new website, same people. Watch

31/03

Nachtraven wins Emmy Kids award

tv show by De Mensen for Ketnet

Nachtraven is the first Belgian tv show to win an International Emmy Kids Award. The show won in the category ‘Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment’ against ‘The Voice Kids’, ‘Lego Masters’ and ‘The Baby Boss’. Congrats to our talented colleagues at De Mensen! Read more

21/03

Sport Vlaanderen encourages to keep exercising

Humans

How to stay fit during lockdown in a safe way? 10 tips by Sport Vlaanderen, produced by locked down humans. Watch

18/03

Music video Eefje De Visser

by Tobi Jonson

An other masterpiece by Tobi Jonson for Eefje De Visser. “After shooting 'Bitterzoet' we had so many beautiful underwater images shot by Pieter Van Campe. These are now edited into a lyric video for Eefje's new single 'Stilstand'. In these strange covid times the song gets a whole new meaning. Stay safe & dream on!” Tobi Jonson Watch

04/03

Ben Lacour Walking the talk

for Kom op tegen Kanker & Eén

!Puppy-eyes alert! A campaign by Mutant to talk about cancer and to march against it, beautifully told by Ben Lacour. Watch

27/02

Food baby or real baby

@jasperandnoortje

Remember the controversial Taboob account on Instagram? Founders Jasper Declercq & Noortje Palmers launched yet an other controversial hit. Is it a food baby or a real baby? Get ready to train those babyspottingskills. Check it out

24/02

Belfius results

by Eva Cools

If you believe in what you do, you know why to get out of bed every morning. Watch

22/02

BINTI awarded best European children’s film of 2019

Congrats Frederike Migom!

“Thank you to the ECFA jury, and thank you to everyone who is working to bring this film to all those kids all over the world, and thank you to everyone who’s seen it and to everyone who’s had a part in making it. Somehow it feels like we’ve come full circle. Ready now to move onto the next!” Frederike Migom Watch trailer

05/02

Ikea masked chef

by Jevon Lambrechts

Jevon & DDB taking the Ikea Method kitchens to the test. Watch

31/01

New director

= William Van Bavel

William impressed with the shortfilm 'Hired' he made for a Narafi film school project. An insecure man starts his new job as a supermarket cassier with a very remarkable first day. Watch it here

27/01

AG high in the hills

Humans

The Swiss alps are ready to receive the Belgian cyclo team. Watch

23/01

BINTI nominated at Sundance Film Festival

Frederike Migom conquering the US

Twelve-year-old Binti and her father, Jovial, are undocumented immigrants from the Congo, who have lived in Belgium since Binti was a baby. She dreams of living a normal life and aspires to be an online influencer, but their lives are upended when the refugee squat they are living in is raided by the Belgian police. Through poignant storytelling that all audiences will enjoy, this award-winning film explores weighty issues with humor, empathy, and love. If you haven't seen it already, now is the time! Watch trailer

14/01

Land Rover always straight on

Humans

Enough with all the detours. Why are we so concerned about what other people think? Tiptoeing around to avoid confrontation. Tom Waes has had enough... Watch

09/01

A bypass for Eén

by Filip & Joeri

Things heat up between Benny & Lu while watching a new episode of Blokken... Watch

08/01

Belfius wishes

by Heleen Declercq

This is a story about humans being human. Adding a warm personal message to their bank transfer. And about how a few well chosen words can transfer something way more important than money. Watch